tittle-tattle

3 definitions found

tittle-tattle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]
     1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
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     2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler.
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  Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
     To talk idly; to prate. --Shak.
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tittle-tattle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tittle-tattle
      n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
           chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
           gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag
           , chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
      v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
           [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle
           , twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
           gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]